PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jack Pottle
TI  - Virtual reality and the transformation of medical education
AID  - 10.7861/fhj.2019-0036
DP  - 2019 Oct 01
TA  - Future Healthcare Journal
PG  - 181--185
VI  - 6
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/6/3/181.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/6/3/181.full
SO  - Future Healthc J2019 Oct 01; 6
AB  - Medical education is changing. Simulation is increasingly becoming a cornerstone of clinical training and, though effective, is resource intensive. With increasing pressures on budgets and standardisation, virtual reality (VR) is emerging as a new method of delivering simulation. VR offers benefits for learners and educators, delivering cost-effective, repeatable, standardised clinical training on demand. A large body of evidence supports VR simulation in all industries, including healthcare. Though VR is not a panacea, it is a powerful educational tool for defined learning objectives and implementation is growing worldwide. The future of VR lies in its ongoing integration into curricula and with technological developments that allow shared simulated clinical experiences. This will facilitate quality interprofessional education at scale, independent of geography, and transform how we deliver education to the clinicians of the future.